Seated Princess

Mohammadi, Herat, circa 1565,

Attributed By Soudavar. 1. This miniature was inspired by another earlier work called Portrait of a Young Woman by Mirza Ali. Mohammadi was a Herat artist who worked for both the Safavi and the Uzbek. This piece seems to show a pronounced Uzbek influence.

I suspect that this is the piece from the M. Sarre collection that Kuhnel mentioned cMiniature

Seated Princess

A Prisoner, a page from the Album of the Amir of Bukhara. 2.

Please note the similarities in the miniatures particularly in the borders and the mirabesque elements above the figures heads.

Detail - Seated Princess

1. Soudavar, Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. New York: Rizzoli, 1992, page 237plate 93.

2. Grube, Ernest J. Muslim Miniature Paintings From the XIII to XIX Century. Venice: Neri Pozza Editore, 1962.1968. page pg. 92 plate 71.

N.B. My ongoing translation and commentary on "La Miniature En Orient" is a work in progress. I am publishing it one plate at a time in no particular order. I flip through the book and look for one that looks fun and then I do that one next. I suppose the order in which I publish them says something about my taste in art. My primary goal with this project is not to teach you about Islamic Art but rather it is to teach myself a little about Islamic Art. If I make an error please let me know. I am also doing the project this way so that if I make an error perhaps one of you will catch it for me. By the way I also decided that this would be a chance to learn a little more French, since I barely know enough to make it through a French menu.

For Further Reading:

Guide to Rugs & Books

Islamic art and Persian Miniature Paintings

More Oriental Rug Notes by Barry O'Connell

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

Persian Miniature Painting: Seated Princess Mohammadi, Herat, circa 1565

Seated Princess

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